New Civil Rights Movement: "Catholic Bishop: Vote For A Democrat And You’ll Probably Go To Hell" - Atheist Nexus2016-12-09T15:59:33Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/new-civil-rights-movement-catholic-bishop-vote-for-a-democrat-and?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A2074638&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCelibacy and pediphilia certa…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-28:2182797:Comment:20884862012-10-28T01:45:23.597ZRaving Hillbillyhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/StewartEdgignton
Celibacy and pediphilia certainly are not compatible in any moral sense. However homosexual boys, having been taught that they are an abomination, would naturally be attracted to an institution that allows them to renounce all sexuality to escape their "abomination." Humans, being what we are, cannot escape sexuality. So,, it gets expressed in perverse ways.<br />
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Nor are heterosexuals in a celibate priesthood free of their sexuality. So, it is most likely to be expressed with those over whom they…
Celibacy and pediphilia certainly are not compatible in any moral sense. However homosexual boys, having been taught that they are an abomination, would naturally be attracted to an institution that allows them to renounce all sexuality to escape their "abomination." Humans, being what we are, cannot escape sexuality. So,, it gets expressed in perverse ways.<br />
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Nor are heterosexuals in a celibate priesthood free of their sexuality. So, it is most likely to be expressed with those over whom they have power. More specifically, the power of "moral authority." Celiibacy increases the likelihood of pediphilia.<br />
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This is more pronounce with victimizing the young but it happens with adults as well. Is this the photo to which yo…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-16:2182797:Comment:20750492012-10-16T01:50:57.305ZJoan Denoohttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JoanDenoo
<p>Is this the photo to which you refer? </p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/i8GVsuo-0kB*QaRDiySth65iWOgRCt3TS4eRlhJKEWdO9TEDd-iegvH4xpYc63tX7SFwumHvNjEYco8u4iH0o1a6286A4HdJ/PaveliArtukoviGermogen.jpg" target="_self"><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/i8GVsuo-0kB*QaRDiySth65iWOgRCt3TS4eRlhJKEWdO9TEDd-iegvH4xpYc63tX7SFwumHvNjEYco8u4iH0o1a6286A4HdJ/PaveliArtukoviGermogen.jpg" width="220" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Is this the photo to which you refer? </p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/i8GVsuo-0kB*QaRDiySth65iWOgRCt3TS4eRlhJKEWdO9TEDd-iegvH4xpYc63tX7SFwumHvNjEYco8u4iH0o1a6286A4HdJ/PaveliArtukoviGermogen.jpg" target="_self"><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/i8GVsuo-0kB*QaRDiySth65iWOgRCt3TS4eRlhJKEWdO9TEDd-iegvH4xpYc63tX7SFwumHvNjEYco8u4iH0o1a6286A4HdJ/PaveliArtukoviGermogen.jpg" width="220" class="align-full"/></a></p> Yes, there we go, the unaccep…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-16:2182797:Comment:20748052012-10-16T01:22:57.299ZJoan Denoohttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JoanDenoo
<p>Yes, there we go, the unacceptable notion of socialism. Any thinking person knows that is not the same as communism. The thought of the Russian people struggling to get decent working conditions and wages, and the people who worked for Carnegie being shot down like invading wolves, or the miners of my part of the country trying to get safety improvements and better wages, and we still fight that ancient battle of those who own capital, who are few, and those who own labor, who are many,…</p>
<p>Yes, there we go, the unacceptable notion of socialism. Any thinking person knows that is not the same as communism. The thought of the Russian people struggling to get decent working conditions and wages, and the people who worked for Carnegie being shot down like invading wolves, or the miners of my part of the country trying to get safety improvements and better wages, and we still fight that ancient battle of those who own capital, who are few, and those who own labor, who are many, can't seem to find a balance where all parts of a culture flourishes. </p>
<p>Again, I remember the great expositions after WWII and the movies that came out showing all the ways people would work fewer hours and make a living wage. There would be homes and chickens in pots, and shiny new cars and all kinds of electrical appliances to make homemaking drudgery easier. It was just a pipe-dream cooked up to dazzle workers to work hard and they, too would prosper. Well, there is a whole lot more to prospering than working hard. </p>
<p>Arrogance, hubris, control, domination, exploitation, these are the things I read when I read Luke 19:27</p> James, I didn't choose this p…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-16:2182797:Comment:20748002012-10-16T01:11:19.132ZJoan Denoohttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JoanDenoo
<p>James, I didn't choose this photo because of the Holocaust, I looked for photos of genocides and this one popped up with Luke 19:27 on it. The idea I intend to convey is that one group of people slaughtering another group for whatever reason is a restatement of Jesus' call to bring to him any who would deny him. It is the kind of thinking that said, "Jesus did it and it is OK for us to do it."</p>
<p>We have the same phenomena with wife and child abuse, the bible says it was OK for biblical…</p>
<p>James, I didn't choose this photo because of the Holocaust, I looked for photos of genocides and this one popped up with Luke 19:27 on it. The idea I intend to convey is that one group of people slaughtering another group for whatever reason is a restatement of Jesus' call to bring to him any who would deny him. It is the kind of thinking that said, "Jesus did it and it is OK for us to do it."</p>
<p>We have the same phenomena with wife and child abuse, the bible says it was OK for biblical people and it is OK for us, even to the point of death. Sadly, in the case of modern assaults, we are only beginning to come out from under that cruel dogma. </p>
<p>How would you demonstrate what I am trying to convey? I appreciate you pointing out the problem my illustration creats. The issue, it seems to me, is an attitude of "entitlement". They are entitled to do .... even if in modern terms it is legally assault. </p>
<p>It isn't too hard to expose collaboration of the Roman Catholic church with Hitler and Nazis. If the Pope believed the Holocaust was appropriate, it is not all that much different in principle, if not in effect, for Bishop Paprocki to believe those who vote for Democrats may go to Hell. They are both political statements that prevent "other" from flourishing. </p>
<p>How is my reasoning not sound? </p>
<p></p> BTW, Joan, there are some pro…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-15:2182797:Comment:20747852012-10-15T23:41:43.792ZJames M. Martinhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JamesMMartin
<p>BTW, Joan, there are some problems with equating those words of Christ with Nazis and the Holocaust.</p>
<p>BTW, Joan, there are some problems with equating those words of Christ with Nazis and the Holocaust.</p> One of the problems with all…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-15:2182797:Comment:20750402012-10-15T23:38:18.749ZJames M. Martinhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JamesMMartin
<p>One of the problems with all wars is that man engages in what we now euphemistically call ethnic cleansing, eschewing the more disturbing genocide. When Hitler threatened Croatia at the outbreak of WWII in the Balkans, a fascist element, the Ustasha, took over, promptly slaughtering every Serb in sight. In their defense, age-old rivalries had in even moderate minds "justified" the slaughter, since the means are not important, only the ends. (Of course the central problem with ethic…</p>
<p>One of the problems with all wars is that man engages in what we now euphemistically call ethnic cleansing, eschewing the more disturbing genocide. When Hitler threatened Croatia at the outbreak of WWII in the Balkans, a fascist element, the Ustasha, took over, promptly slaughtering every Serb in sight. In their defense, age-old rivalries had in even moderate minds "justified" the slaughter, since the means are not important, only the ends. (Of course the central problem with ethic atrocities is that they are self-perpetuating in futuro, endlessly.) Now, guess what lay at the heart of the takeover of Croatia by the local Hitler, Ante Pavelic? Well, let's start with the fact that Serbs are mostly Eastern Orthodox, while Croatians are primarily Roman Catholic. Tell ME these wars are not religious wars. I have photos of Pavelic and his henchman, Artukovic, hamming it up at meetings with the clergy.</p> None, other than some version…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-15:2182797:Comment:20749622012-10-15T23:30:18.884ZJames M. Martinhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JamesMMartin
<p>None, other than some version of socialism. In Europe, they seem to do quite well with government partnerships with business. I think that is the secret. But the GOP says "European socialism" is "Communistic Nazism."</p>
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<p>None, other than some version of socialism. In Europe, they seem to do quite well with government partnerships with business. I think that is the secret. But the GOP says "European socialism" is "Communistic Nazism."</p>
<p></p> You have never led me astray…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-15:2182797:Comment:20743982012-10-15T08:14:43.039ZJoan Denoohttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JoanDenoo
<p>You have never led me astray so far and I believe you now! Here it is!</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/tZBhPNLYerXJMIirCb6*dF7n05kFdpNL9WOk-R35LFxbsx-VdaGLx8Iefc9923GfTTS9RVDuU*mDyCx6R37RTu*zBS1e80La/luke1927.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/tZBhPNLYerXJMIirCb6*dF7n05kFdpNL9WOk-R35LFxbsx-VdaGLx8Iefc9923GfTTS9RVDuU*mDyCx6R37RTu*zBS1e80La/luke1927.jpg?width=450" width="450"></img></a></p>
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<p>Furthermore: </p>
<p>Jesus Preached PEACE or JIHAD…</p>
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<p>You have never led me astray so far and I believe you now! Here it is!</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/tZBhPNLYerXJMIirCb6*dF7n05kFdpNL9WOk-R35LFxbsx-VdaGLx8Iefc9923GfTTS9RVDuU*mDyCx6R37RTu*zBS1e80La/luke1927.jpg" target="_self"><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/tZBhPNLYerXJMIirCb6*dF7n05kFdpNL9WOk-R35LFxbsx-VdaGLx8Iefc9923GfTTS9RVDuU*mDyCx6R37RTu*zBS1e80La/luke1927.jpg?width=450" width="450" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Furthermore: </p>
<p>Jesus Preached PEACE or JIHAD</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIoHeA02Qg&amp;feature=player_embedded#" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIoHeA02Qg&amp;feature=player_embedded#</a>!</p>
<p>Jeez! It is getting to late for this kind of reading!</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/qwAsrlvyLXHmzvrW2c8hhBZbSMSb18--xt-hvgEUNTjTYObmX9DQfsxiX1v9f3ct1mFuRjinAhgih4SsjcDmk3daPOGiZTkt/Maxinesomepeopleinthedark.jpeg" target="_self"><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/qwAsrlvyLXHmzvrW2c8hhBZbSMSb18--xt-hvgEUNTjTYObmX9DQfsxiX1v9f3ct1mFuRjinAhgih4SsjcDmk3daPOGiZTkt/Maxinesomepeopleinthedark.jpeg" width="203" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p></p> James, there has to be a bett…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-15:2182797:Comment:20746382012-10-15T07:24:05.830ZJoan Denoohttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JoanDenoo
<p>James, there has to be a better way to organize society than the capitalistic/consumer one we labor under. Got any ideas? </p>
<p>James, there has to be a better way to organize society than the capitalistic/consumer one we labor under. Got any ideas? </p> So I looked for a site on the…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-10-15:2182797:Comment:20745332012-10-15T06:54:02.697ZNerdlasshttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Nerdlass
<p>So I looked for a site on the context of the verse and it said this, "...verse 27 is talking about executing those who commit treason, which is a reasonable punishment for an attempt to overthrow a legitimate government."</p>
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<p>I'll look for more...</p>
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<p>On a forum (Muslim/Christian debate, I assume) a poster says, "This parable is a lesson in what we are expected to do with the gifts that God gives us. Simply summarized, we can hide or ignore them and suffer the…</p>
<p>So I looked for a site on the context of the verse and it said this, "...verse 27 is talking about executing those who commit treason, which is a reasonable punishment for an attempt to overthrow a legitimate government."</p>
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<p>I'll look for more...</p>
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<p>On a forum (Muslim/Christian debate, I assume) a poster says, "This parable is a lesson in what we are expected to do with the gifts that God gives us. Simply summarized, we can hide or ignore them and suffer the consequences, or use them and multiply them and be rewarded."</p>
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<p>I'm putting this up here so we are aware of the apologetics linked with the verse you pointed us to.</p>
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<p>I think their explanations are lacking, however. In the first case, it falls flat in that we don't know if the government in the parable is legitimate or not. How do we determine whether or not a government is legit? If you look at the US, our government was born from rebellion. Does that make it illegitimate? Also, there are many of us who are split on what constitutes treason these days. For the second case, it's really obnoxious in my opinion, to assume that people know their gifts or even have the chance to build on them. How many of us know how to sing and are given the spotlight and manage to be there on stage when a talent scout is in the audience? Really? What about the people who don't hear about god or have other gods? What about them?</p>
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<p>How else would you take apart these rebuttals, guys? I'm just curious... I'm unused to debating so I'd like to learn from y'all.</p>